Marcelo Pérez | |
|---|---|
| Church | Catholic Church |
| Diocese | San Cristóbal de las Casas |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 2002 |
| Personal details | |
| Died | October 20, 2024 San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico |
Marcelo Pérez Pérez[1] (died October 20, 2024) was a Mexican Catholic priest and Indigenous rights activist. Pérez was the son of indigenous Tzotzil peasants and was religious from a young age. He was ordained in 2002, after being encouraged by Felipe Arizmendi Esquivel, the Bishop of Chiapas at the time, to pursue the priesthood.[1] In October 2021, his diocese transferred him after receiving death threats for his work, to the Guadalupe parish in San Cristobal de las Casas.[2][3]
Death
editAfter Pérez finished celebrating his first mass of the day, he was shot by two men riding a motorcycle while he was driving alone to preside over another mass in the neighborhood of Cuxtitali in San Cristobal de las Casas.[4]
References
edit- ^ a b ""Le pusieron precio a mi vida": quién era Marcelo Pérez, el sacerdote mexicano asesinado que se enfrentó a las bandas criminales de Chiapas" ["They put a price on my life": Who was Marcelo Pérez, the murdered Mexican priest who confronted the criminal gangs of Chiapas]. BBC Mundo (in Spanish). 21 October 2024. Archived from the original on 28 November 2024.
- ^ Paolini, Ariana Pernía (21 October 2024). "Asesinato del padre Marcelo Pérez expone la violencia en Chiapas" [Murder of Father Marcelo Pérez Exposes the Violence in Chiapas]. Vatican News (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 28 November 2024.
- ^ Ferri, Pablo (28 October 2024). "Así mataron al padre Marcelo en Chiapas: "Me estaba diciendo que ya venía cuando escuché los disparos… Él gritó, 'ay, ay'. Luego solo se oía el radio"" [This was how Father Marcelo was killed in Chiapas: "He was telling me that he was coming when he heard the shots… He shouted 'oh, oh'. Then all I could hear was the radio"]. El País (in Spanish).
- ^ Breña, Carmen Morán (October 20, 2024). "Asesinado en San Cristóbal de las Casas un sacerdote conocido por su activismo a favor de la paz" [Priest known for his peace activism murdered in San Cristóbal de las Casas]. El País (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 28 November 2024.